Make double-sided copies of EUOs and EQs to hand out.
Hello everyone. My name is Pamela Grier-Hines. I am a special needs teacher here at our school.
I will be presenting about a literary unit.
The book Lyddie is by Katherine Paterson, and takes place in Vermont and Mass. during the American Industrial Revolution.
The book is read parallel to the social studies unit on the Industrial Revolution.
There was a lot of previous and parallel learning that took place: they studies laws in the Torah that relate to workers' rights, there were several guest speakers to talk about modern-day child bonded labor, and a read aloud book about this as well.
Lyddie is a great book that I recommend any adult or child read. The content of the novel made it very appealing, as it has a lot of telling information about the Industrial Revolution.
There are a lot of good words for building vocabulary
The characters of the novel have such depth, especially Lyddie
Story of the Unit
The book was read in one or two chapters each lesson, which related to one of several big ideas (I will review these in detail).
Students participated in several types of activities: class discussions, reader response work, dramatizations, one-on-one conferences, and a final performance assessment to write a hypothetical letter from one character to another.
Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions
I will read through the different "big ideas" through which the events of the book were understood/categorized
Each big idea got its time in the spotlight when a particular chapter, event or character (or assignment) embodied that big idea.
Slavery big idea: Prethinking: touches on Delet standard 1c- uses knowledge of students. I wanted to see what the students were thinking about freedom and what defines it. I'll give you 30 seconds to read some students' thoughts about freedom.
Far reaching effects of industry: this big idea has a big tie to SS, and often called for comprehension checks, which aligns with 3b-considering what the children need to know in order to learn.
We also connected the Jewish values piece in with the SS project, and with the Lyddie final assessment.
Make double-sided copies of EUOs and EQs to hand out.